The Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA) is the organization that owns and maintains the Kansas Turnpike

Kansas Turnpike

The Kansas Turnpike is a freeway-standard toll road that lies entirely within the U.S. state of Kansas. It runs in a general southwest-northeast direction from the Oklahoma border, and passes through several major Kansas cities, including Wichita, Topeka, Lawrence and Kansas City...

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Authority Board

KTA is headed by a board of five members, two of which are appointed by the governor of the state. In addition, the Chairman of the Kansas Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee as well as a member of the House Transportation Committee (appointed by the Speaker of the state House of Representatives

Kansas House of Representatives

The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kansas Legislature, the legislative body of the U.S. State of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for crafting and voting on...

) also serve on the board. The current secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation

Kansas Department of Transportation

The Kansas Department of Transportation is a state government organization in charge of maintaining public roadways of the U.S. state of Kansas.-Organization:*Secretary of Transportation...

 is the fifth member of the board.

One board member is elected as the chairman of the board by the other four members. The current chairman is Mary E. Turkington, who previously served as Executive Director of the Kansas Motor Carriers Association.

Organization

• Authority Board
  • President and Chief Executive Officer
    • Toll Operations Director
    • Maintenance Director
    • Public and Employee Relations Director
    • Chief Financial Officer
    • Chief Engineer
    • Chief Information Officer

Mission statement

"To provide safe, high-quality highway transportation services to our customers for the lowest reasonable cost."